What happened to rock and roll?

there used to be so many variations. now it seems so lame and predictable.|||i disagree, and i'm sick of people all saying it's the same. there are far more variations of rock now than there were 30 or 40 years ago. just because music is old doesn't make it good.








Jim B: you are perhaps only looking at popular music. there is a whole overlooked underlayer that people like yourself fail to notice. also, please realize that in the '60s punk was only starting to be invented, and so all of the subgenres that came from that didn't exist, meaning that there is in fact more variation in music now than there was then. good luck being negative.|||Before the 70's, music seemed to evolve at a mild rate. Then there was an explosion of creativity, leading to the creation of punk (technically began with the Velvet Underground in the 60's, but was much different back then), new wave, metal, glam, hip hop, disco, P-funk, and alternative. Many of these genre's grew and defined the 80's, giving rise to a mass of subgenre's including, but not limited to, death metal, black metal, power metal, doom metal, hardcore, emotive (not the shitty emo scene going on now), post-punk, synthpop, glam metal, thrash metal, funk rock, electronica, house, and eventually grunge and gangsta rap. The latter two grew to define the 90's, at least until around '99 when image began to totally dominate over sound (hence the reason why N'Sync, Britney, and Limp Bizkit were able to gain such popularity). This trend continued into the 2000's, and since commercialism seems to denounce any sort of authenticity and individualism, nearly every attempt at being creative (at least in the mainstream) has been futile. That's why things are so stale now, and why music sales are declining. Underground rock is still managing to do well with innovation, but now that math metal has pretty much pushed progressive rock to its peak, and guitarists like Batio and Vai have done everything imaginable with the guitar, there's really not much else that can be done that is competely different. If prog rock becomes mainstream in the 2010's, it will likely be the last real movement in rock, since nothing else can really be done. Even hip hop has almost been completely explored, as only alt. rap is the only form that hasn't gotten much exposure yet. Electronica/techno is the only genre of music that still has a lot of exploring to do.|||"i disagree, and i'm sick of people all saying it's the same. there are far more variations of rock now than there were 30 or 40 years ago. just because music is old doesn't make it good."





that is complete BS. You have no idea what you are talking about.





Music has been completly commercialized, talent is not immporant. As long as the corporations can market the band, then it doesnt matter. And, the ppl who sit around and practice for 10hrs a day are nerds and cant be marketed. So, for the most part, rock n roll is dead. i shouldnt say that though, rock n roll will never die, it is only really sick right now. Hopefully it will bounce back soon though m i rite?|||well, i agree with you as far as radio rock is concerned. since the majority of people on this planet are stupid, they are content with the 3 chord songs made by blink 182 and slipknot.





however, venture beyond radio rock, and you find a whole new world of talented bands and musicians. most intelligent musicians listen to bands like dream theater, porcupine tree, opeth, and progressive stuff like that which you will never hear on the radio.|||Over commercialism killed it for the real artists and musicians. In the 80s, Neil Young stated it was the "Dark Ages" of music, sadly we never left. Though there are bands slowly coming out with originality and talent that have been making it to the main stream, The White Stripes, Black Keys, there just aren't as many.





That's why we need to redue the old late 70s "Disco Sucks" movement with this radio garbage today. Viva La Revolution.|||you know what they say about the blues having a baby and naming it rock n roll? well, rock n roll did too many drugs. ended up having a miscarriage...


AND so we have our state of stagnancy in rock. we look to the underground for innovation, but a lot of what is being done down there is fairly dismal. hopefully, someone comes along and starts playing music with soul again. lord knows i'll be waiting around for it.|||It's been a long time since I rock and rolllled.





I think you're right w/regards to mianstream rock, which is why I've disowned the radio. But some pretty gnarly bands are out there, you just have to search a little harder these days. There's tons of different stuff. I actually think there are more genres now, just because they've grown in so many different directions from the... founding fathers. If you will, my good man.|||i disagree. with all the sub-genre's there's more variation than ever. the hard part is to find bands doing something new and fresh instead of rehashing rehashed riffs.although at the same time, it's also hard to be new and fresh when the scene's are so overcrowded with a gazillion bands.|||well you may only be seeing what makes it onto tv which is mostly commercial hype and chosen by board room meetings. if you dig a bit deeper you will discover a vibrant live music scene in any major city across the globe with a huge variety of styles and influences.|||It is lame and predictable. Most bands now really don't stay big or popular for years like the older bands did. They really have no sense or time to develop their own style.|||It lost favour in early 60's when the Beatles and such like changed the music for teenagers. Since then there may have been various branches of Rock,but R%26amp;R is 50's|||Ever listen to of Montreal? ever listen to The Last Shadow Puppets? ever listen to The Black Angels? huh!





Open your ears, really wide.





You're really missing out|||The media killed it...